CPU confirmed 6 months prior to flight

Have a flight from SEA IAH BOG EWR IAH SEA for May 2014, after I booked these flights I noticed I was eligible for complimentary upgrade on all flights. Looked at my flights today and found that the upgrades have been confirmed and was able to choose my seats for the IAH BOG EWR flights. I believe this is unusual or am I wrong? have never had a CPU clear until the window.

UA has announced that Asia and northern South America (including BOG) will no longer be eligible for CPUs as of February 2014 as a quiet part of the the sweeping devaluation of their award program they announced Friday.

Perhaps they are doing here what they did when they removed CPU eligibility for Lima: (1) clearing the upgrade list in advance for all CPU-eligible pax, (2) getting rid of the CPU list.

UA has announced that Asia and northern South America (including BOG) will no longer be eligible for CPUs as of February 2014 as a quiet part of the the sweeping devaluation of their award program they announced Friday.

Perhaps they are doing here what they did when they removed CPU eligibility for Lima: (1) clearing the upgrade list in advance for all CPU-eligible pax, (2) getting rid of the CPU list.

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Will keep an eye on this just in case it is downgraded. I generally check all itineraries on Sat morning.

Maybe since BOG will not be CPU eligible starting in Feb 2014, they will confirm existing tickets ahead that time? They did that when they changed for LIM.

UA Insider;19977979 said:

Hi Everyone,

As some of you have noticed, late last year we began operating flights between Houston (IAH) and Lima, Peru (LIM) with newly configured Boeing 767-300 aircraft. These flights now have flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst, a refreshed interior throughout and on-demand entertainment nose to tail. We hope you’ll agree this is a significant improvement over the previous aircraft which had recliner seats and overhead TV monitors.

With this improvement, we’ll also be eliminating the upgrade carve-outs we previously had in place for this market. As you may remember, in Feb 2011, we began operating ‘domestic’ premium cabin service between IAH and LIM. At that same time, we also instituted our ‘domestic’ upgrade policy for these flights to align with the service provided. Now that we have restored our BusinessFirst level of service on a year-round basis, our upgrade policies are again being aligned accordingly.

Specifically, on February 6th, 2013, upgrade policies for flights between IAH and LIM will be aligned to match the policies in other markets, such as Newark – LIM, where we offer our United BusinessFirst product. For those of you planning to book travel between IAH and LIM, here are some details to keep in mind:

The current Premier Upgrade benefits will apply through Feb 5th. Between now and Feb. 5th, Premier Upgrades will continue to be processed within the guidelines of our current Premier Upgrade policy. This includes both space-available Complimentary Premier Upgrades (CPU) and instant upgrades for Premiers booked in Y/B or, when applicable, M classes

Regional Premier Upgrade (RPU) requests will be accepted through Feb 5th. Regardless of your travel date, we’ll also continue to accept RPUs through Feb 5th. After this date, Global Premier Upgrades (GPU) can be used instead and will require booking into W class or higher

MileagePlus Upgrade Award co-pays for Premier members will be waived through Feb 5th. After this date, all requests for MileagePlus Upgrade Awards will be subject to applicable upgrade co-pays

For those of you who are already booked to travel Feb 6th onward (ticketed on or before Jan. 6), we’ll ensure any upgrade requests (including Complimentary Premier Upgrades) are honored in accordance with the policies in effect when you booked your flight. In fact, we’ll be confirming these upgrades for you automatically by the beginning of next week.

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We’ll be updating our systems over the course of the next couple days to reflect these upgrade policy changes. In the meantime, I hope you find the above information helpful. If you have any questions please post them here.

Received a nice email from UA stating that since I had booked prior to the new upgrade rule regarding Bogota I was receiving complimentary upgrades for my flights. Thought that was pretty nice of them.

Received a nice email from UA stating that since I had booked prior to the new upgrade rule regarding Bogota I was receiving complimentary upgrades for my flights. Thought that was pretty nice of them.

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That is a customer friendly move in an uncustomer friendly policy change regarding upgrades to Bogota.

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